5 exam-style reading exercises for the DELF A1 reading paper, each with the kind of document you will actually meet, the questions the examiner asks, and an explanation of why each answer is right. The paper lasts 30 minutes.
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Time: 30 minutes. Weighting: 25 marks out of 100 for the whole exam. Pass mark: 50/100 overall, with at least 5/25 in each of the four papers.
Read each document once for the general idea, then once again looking only for the answer. Reveal the answers one by one — the explanation tells you which words decided it.
Salut Camille,
Je pars au travail à 7 h. Le pain est sur la table et il y a du lait dans le frigo.
Je rentre vers 18 h 30. Peux-tu acheter des pommes ? Il n'y en a plus.
Bisous, Maman
À quelle heure la mère de Camille rentre-t-elle ?
Que doit acheter Camille ?
Où est le lait ?
Qui écrit ce message ?
PISCINE MUNICIPALE — HORAIRES
Lundi : fermé
Mardi à vendredi : 7 h – 21 h
Samedi et dimanche : 9 h – 19 h
Tarif : 4 € — Étudiants : 2,50 € (carte obligatoire)
Bonnet de bain obligatoire.
Quel jour la piscine est-elle fermée ?
Combien paie un étudiant ?
Que faut-il apporter obligatoirement ?
Le samedi, la piscine ouvre à quelle heure ?
Coucou Léo ! Samedi, on va au marché de Saint-Pierre avec Inès.
Rendez-vous à 10 h devant la boulangerie, pas devant la gare.
Prends un sac, on achète des légumes et du fromage. Après, on mange chez moi.
Réponds-moi ce soir. Nadia
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CAFÉ DU PONT — FORMULE MIDI (12 h – 14 h)
Entrée + plat : 13 € — Plat + dessert : 13 € — Entrée + plat + dessert : 16 €
Plat du jour : poulet et riz
Boisson non comprise. Café offert avec le dessert.
Fermé le dimanche.
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Information voyageurs
Le train de 8 h 12 pour Lyon part aujourd'hui du quai 4 et non du quai 2.
Le train de 9 h 40 a un retard de 20 minutes.
Les billets sont en vente au guichet et sur l’application.
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It is the easiest paper of the exam. You read four very short everyday documents — a note, a poster, a timetable, a message — and answer factual questions about times, prices and places. If you can read a French menu and a train timetable, you can pass it.
30 minutes for four documents, worth 25 of the 100 marks in the exam. That is roughly seven minutes per document, which is generous if you practise skimming for the answer first.
Read short authentic texts daily — adverts, notes, signs, menus — and answer factual questions about them. On Lire, the A1 graded passages give you the same sentence level with a line-by-line English translation so you can check yourself instantly.